| September 22nd, 2014
You’ve shaken hands with the client, filed away the signed contract, and deposited your first payment. Now what? Before your team can dive into a project, the project manager must break down the scope of work into smaller, manageable tasks. This first step can seem daunting at first. Especially on larger projects. But once you […]
| September 17th, 2014
It doesn’t take much to start an agency. Find a partner, rent or sublet some office space, and start signing on clients. Am I oversimplifying the process? Yes. Because, starting an agency isn’t all that difficult compared to growing it into a successful and profitable business. Creating and growing any kind of business is hard. […]
| September 8th, 2014
Fourteen years ago, in the late summer of 2000, we started our Web design and development agency, Pelago. We had new and shiny computers, a decent portfolio of work cobbled together, and a handful of clients. The creative work was fun, and we were good at it. The development work was challenging, and we were […]
| August 1st, 2014
The ups and downs of value-based pricing I was recently chatting with a talented designer and artist who runs a successful agency in Southern California. We got to talking about his experience with value-based pricing models, and the challenges of calculating profitability. At one point, he threw up his arms and concluded “you win some, […]
| July 31st, 2014
Here at Intervals we are continuing to update and improve our web-based time, task and reporting software. Our latest round of updates includes multi-day notes, more locales, more performance optimizations, and more help articles. Here is what we’ve been up to… Multi-day Notes Intervals has always supported the ability to add notes to the calendar. These notes […]
| May 28th, 2014
Every Memorial Day weekend the Intervals team likes to take a break from the digital realm of computers and code. For three days we go analog, drawing on the ground with chalk. We have been participating in the annual I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival in Santa Barbara, California, for over fifteen years. This year’s rendition is from the September 1929 cover of Popular Science magazine, an […]
| May 7th, 2014
A local environmental group, LoaTree, was kind enough to include us in an article about 1% for the Planet members in our local community. From the article: Pelago Design, a software service provider, offers their web based time tracking, task management and reporting software to web designers in over 100 countries. But don’t let their […]
| May 7th, 2014
There are hundreds of options available to your agency when choosing online time tracking software. And most of them do a really good job at tracking your time. But, is that all you want your software to do? Probably not. Time tracking software should put your data in a meaningful context. At the very least, it should tell […]
John is a co-founder, web designer and developer at Pelago.
His blog posts are inspired by everyday encounters with designers, developers, creatives and small businesses in general.
John is an avid reader and road cyclist.
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Jennifer is the Director of Quality and Efficiency at Pelago.
Her blog posts are based largely on her experience working with teams to improve harmony and productivity.
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Michael is a co-founder and product architect at Pelago.
His contributions stem from experiences managing the development process behind web sites and web-based applications such as Intervals.
Michael drives a 1990 Volkswagen Carat with a rebuilt 2.4 liter engine from GoWesty.
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